(Arranged chronologically by date)
1. [ATLAS]. PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. La Geografia. Venice, 1548. 60 double-page
engraved maps, including the important and rare map of Texas and the Gulf Coast
by Gastaldi. Martin & Martin 3n. ($15,000-25,000)
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2. [MAP]. MÜNSTER, Sebastian. Die neüwen
Inseln so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient. [Basle, 1558].
Martin & Martin 2. Wheat, TMW I:20n.
($1,500-3,000)
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3. [MAP]. RUSCELLI, Girolamo. Nveva Hispania tabvla
nova. [Venice, 1561]. First state of one of the
earliest maps to show any detail in Texas and the Southwest.
Martin & Martin 3. ($700-1,200)
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4. [MAP]. [MAGINI, Giovanni Antonio]. America.
[Venice, 1596]. ($250-500)
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5. [MAP]. [WYTFLIET, Corneille]. Hispania Nova.
[Louvain, 1597]. Martin & Martin, p. 75. ($800-1,600)
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6. [ATLAS]. BERTIUS, Petrus. Tabvlarvm
geographicarvm contractarvm libri quinque.Editio Secvnda.
Amsterdam, 1602. Lovely example of early seventeenth-century
Dutch cartographic art. ($5,000-10,000)
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7. [MAP]. BLAEU, Willem Jansz. Insvlæ Americanæ in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris adiacentibus. [Amsterdam, 1635/1640-1655]. ($750-1,500)
8. [MAP]. [HAPPEL, Eberhard Werner]. [Untitled hemispheric map of the Americas]. [Ulm], 1687. Charming map showing California as an island. ($800-1,600)
9. [MAP]. MORDEN, Robert. Mexico or New Spain. [London, 1693]. First state. ($200-400)
10. [MAP]. JAILLOT, Alexis N. Mappe-Monde de
Geo-Hydrographique. Paris, 168_ [altered by contemporary pen
to read 1699]. ($2,000-4,000)
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11. [MAP]. DE L'ISLE, Guillaume. L'Amérique Septentrionale. Paris, 1700. Wheat, TMW I:79 & pp. 45-46. See Martin & Martin's comments on Delisle. ($2,000-5,000)
12. [BOOK]. BURNET, Thomas. Telluris Theoria Sacra. London, 1702. Third edition, revised. Ethereal circular map of the Western hemisphere, showing California as an island. ($400-800)
13. [MAP]. DE FER, Nicholas. Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France et le Cours de la Riviere de Misisipi. Paris, 1702/1705. ($400-800)
14. [BOOK]. JOUTEL, Henri. Journal historique du
dernier voyage que feu M. de la Sale. Paris, 1713. First
edition. Basic Texas Books 114. Streeter 1125n.
Wagner, Spanish Southwest 79. ($6,000-12,000)
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15. [BOOK]. JOUTEL, Henri. A Journal of the Last
Voyage Perform'd by Monsr. de la Sale. London, 1714.
Basic Texas Books 114A. Streeter 1125n.
($8,000-16,000)
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16. [MAP]. DELISLE, G. Carte de la Louisiane et du
cours de Mississipi. Paris, 1718. Engraved map, outline
coloring by hand. First printing, first accurate
delineation of the Mississippi Valley system, and earliest
appearance of "Texas" on a printed map. Martin & Martin 19.
Wheat, TMW 67. ($20,000-40,000)
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17. [MAP]. DE FER, Nicolas. La Californie ou Nouvelle Caroline. Paris, 1720. First printing of one of the largest and most handsome maps of California as an island. Wheat, TMW 102 & pp. 45-47, 69 & 77. ($5,000-10,000)
18. [MAP]. KEULEN, Gerard Van. Carte de la Nouvelle
France. Amsterdam, ca. 1720. Engraved, colored map. First
printing. Very rare, celebrated Dutch map. Includes all of
present-day Texas on a quite large scale, with a plethora of
detail. ($7,500-15,000)
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19. [MAP]. MOLL, H. A New Map of the North Parts of America claimed by France. [London], 1720. First printing of rare early English rendering of Delisle's 1718 map of the Mississippi Valley. Reinhartz & Colley, The Mapping of the American Southwest. ($5,000-10,000)
20. [MAP]. [MOLL, Herman]. Mexico, or New Spain. [London, 1723]. ($250-500)
21. [MAP]. [HERRERA DE TORDESILLAS, Antonio (attrib.)].
Descripción de las Yndias Ocidentales. [Madrid,
1723]. ($1,200-2,400)
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22. [ATLAS]. PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. Orbis antiqvi
Tabvlae Geographicae. Amsterdam, 1730. ($5,000-10,000)
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23. [MAP]. [VAN JAGEN, Jan]. [Untitled double hemisphere map]. [Amsterdam?, ca. 1740]. ($1,800-2,400)
24. [MAP]. D'ANVILLE, J. B. B. Amérique Septentrionale. Paris, 1746. First state. ($400-800)
25. [MAP]. ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, [Didier]. Partie du Mexique ou de la Nouvle. Espagne. [Paris], [1748-49]. ($250-500)
26. [MAP]. [MITCHELL, John]. [Louisiana].
[London, 1755]. First edition, second issue of
Plate 4 of John Mitchell's A Map of the British and French
Dominions in North America. Wheat, TMW 135.
($1,000-2,000)
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27. [MAP]. [BELLIN, Jacques N.]. Carte de la Louisiane et Pays Voisins. [Paris, 1757-1764?]. ($250-500)
28. [MAP]. LONDON MAGAZINE. A New Map of the River Mississipi from the Sea to Bayagoulas. [London, 1760]. ($300-500)
29. [MAP]. SAYER, Robert. A New Map of North
America. London, 1760. ($1,500-3,000)
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30. [CITY PLAN]. LONDON MAGAZINE. BENNING, R. (engraver). Plan of New Orleans the Capital of Louisiana. [London], [1761]. ($300-600)
31. [MAP]. ALZATE Y RAMÍREZ, José Antonio
de. Plano de la Nueva Espana. [Mexico], 1770. Copper
engraved map. First printing of one of the most important
maps of the Gulf Coast printed in the 18th century.
The second printed map to apply the name "Texas" to a
geographical region. ($4,000-6,000)
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32. [MAP]. LÓPEZ [DE VARGAS MACHUCA], Tomás. Mapa mundi.del globo terrestre sujeto á las observaciones astronómicas. Madrid, 1771. ($1,000-2,000)
33. [MAP]. BONNE, [Charles-Marie Rigobert]. Le
Nouveau Méxique. [Geneva], [1780]. ($125-300)
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34. [MAP]. RIZZI-ZANNONI, [Giovanni Antonio]. Carte Geo-Hydrographique du Golfe du Mexique et de ses Isles. Paris, ca. 1780. ($400-800)
35. [MAP]. BONNE, [Charles-Marie Rigobert]. L'Ancien et le Nouveau Méxique avec la Partie Orientale. [With]: L'Ancien et le Nouveau Mexique, avec la Partie Occidentale. [Paris, 1787-1788]. ($250-500)
36. [ATLAS]. BRUYSET, Jean-Marie. Atlas des enfans. 1790. A charming petite atlas and geography for children. ($400-800)
37. [MAP]. KITCHIN, Thomas. Mexico or New Spain, in which the Motions of Cortes may be traced. [London], 1795. Wheat, TMW 172. ($150-300)
38. [SURVEY MAP]. MARTIN, Gilbert. Untitled original manuscript survey map of the farms belonging to Jacob Badows(?) and Joseph Hyatts in Louisiana. N.p., 1796. ($250-500)
39. [MAP]. DÉPÔT GÉNÉRAL DE
LA MARINE. Carte des Côtes du Golfe de Mexique.
Paris, 1800. Engraved map with rhumb lines. Rare French coastal
chart of the Gulf of Mexico. ($6,000-12,000)
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40. [MAP]. GARCÍA CONDE, Diego. Plano general
de la Ciudad de Mexico. [Mexico, 1807]. Copper-engraved wall
map. First and only printing in large format. Probably
the most important plan of Mexico City in the eighteenth
century. Only four other copies located (only one in the
U.S.). ($25,000-50,000)
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41. [ATLAS & TEXT]. HUMBOLDT, Alexander von.
Essai Politique sur le Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne.
Paris, 1811. 3 vols., including folio atlas. First French
edition. Martin & Martin 23. Streeter 1042. Wheat,
TMS: "[A] truly magnificent cartographic achievement."
($25,000-35,000)
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42. [MAP]. PINKERTON, John. Spanish Dominions in North America Northern Part. London, 1811. ($600-1,200)
43. [MAP]. STREIT, F. W. Charte von dem Nordamericanischen Staatenbunde. Leipzig, [1811]. ($600-1,200)
44. [BOOK]. PIKE, Zebulon M. Voyage au
Nouveau-Mexique. Paris, 1812. First French edition.
Streeter 1047C. See Wheat, TMW 296, 297, 398. See also
Wheat's chapter XII, "Pike Maps the Southwest."
($4,000-6,000)
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45. [MAP]. THOMSON, John. Spanish North America. [Edinburgh], 1814. Wheat, TMW II, p. 15. ($350-700)
46. [MAP]. [ARROWSMITH, A. & S. Lewis (attrib.)].
Spanish Dominions in North America. [London, 1816].
($50-100)
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47. [MAP]. CAREY, Mathew. Louisiana. [Philadelphia, 1817]. ($400-800)
48. [PRINT: CHAMP D'ASILE]. VERNET, [Emile Jean]
Horace. [Paris, 1818]. One of the earliest lithographs of a
scene in Texas. Streeter 1071. See also Item 51 herein.
($2,000-4,000)
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49. [BOOK]. HARTMANN, L. & MILLARD. Le
Texas. Paris, 1819. Folding plan of fort: Champ
D'Asile. First edition. Eberstadt 162:386. Streeter
1069. Rare account of French exiles who made an ill-founded
attempt to establish a colony in Texas. ($4,000-8,000)
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50. [BOOK]. L'H[ÉRITIER], L[ouis]
F[rançois]. Le Champ-d'Asile, Tableau Topographique et
Historique du Texas. Paris, 1819. Folding engraved map.
First edition, best issue. Fifty Texas Rarities 6.
Streeter 1072B. Vandale 102. This book is said to be one of the
first printed books to contain the word "Texas" in its title.
($5,000-10,000)
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51. [PRINT: CHAMP D'ASILE]. GARNERAY, [Ambroise Louis
(artist & engraver)]. 2eme Vue d'Aigleville,
Colonie du Texas ou Champ d'Asile. Paris, [1819]. Tyler,
Prints of the American West, pp. 28-30 (illustrated).
($3,000-6,000)
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52. [MAP]. MELISH, John. United States of America. Philadelphia, 1820. Martin & Martin 26. Streeter 1057n. Wheat, TMW 338 & p. 76. ($500-1,000)
53. [MAP]. [LAS CASES, Compte de E. M. J.?]. Carte spéciale, historique et géographique de la République des États-Unis. [Paris, ca. 1821?]. ($500-1,000)
54. [BOOK]. ROBERTSON, William. The Works of. [Vol. VII-IX] History of America. London, 1821. Wheat, TMW 172n. ($200-400)
55. [MAP]. SHERWOOD, NEELY, & JONES. Spanish Dominions in North America. London, 1821. ($75-150)
56. [MAP]. WEILAND, Carl. F. General Charte von den vereinigten Nordamericanischen Freistaaten. Weimar, 1821. Wheat, TMW, p. 96 & #346. ($750-1,500)
57. [MAP]. FINLAYSON, J. Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Mexico [title at top margin]. Mexico and Internal Provinces [title on map]. [Philadelphia, 1822 or after]. ($300-600)
58. [MAP]. FINLEY, A[nthony]. Mexico. Philadelphia, [1824].
($250-500)
59. [MAP]. BRUÉ, A[drien Hubert]. Carte générale des États-Unis, du Canada et d'une partie des pays adjacents. Paris, 1825. ($400-800)
60. [MAP]. BRUÉ, [Adrien Hubert]. Carte générale des États-Unis Mexicains et des Provinces-Unis de l'Amérique Centrale. Paris, 1825. Wheat, TMW 361n. ($600-1,200)
61. [MAP]. FENNER, [R.]. Mexico & Guatamala. [London, ca. 1825?]. ($40-80)
62. [MAP]. FINLEY, A[nthony]. Mexico. Philadelphia, [ca. 1825]. ($300-600)
63. [MAP]. MEXICO (Republic). MINISTERIO DE GUERRA Y MARINA. Carta general para las navegaciones india oriental. Mexico, 1825. ($250-500)
64. [PORTULANO]. SPAIN. DIRECCIÓN DE
HIDROGRAFÍA. Portulano de la América
Setentrional. Mexico, 1825. First American edition.
Streeter 1043B. ($20,000-30,000)
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65. [MAP]. STARLING, Thomas. Mexico and Guatimala. London, [ca. 1825?]. ($30-60)
66. [MAP]. STARLING, Thomas. United States. London, [ca. 1825?]. ($30-60)
67. [MAP]. VANDERMAELEN, Ph[ilippe Marie Guillaume]. 5
lithographed maps together showing Texas and surrounding areas:
(1) Amér. Sep. Partie du Mexique. No.
54; (2) Amér. Sep. Partie du Mexique.
No. 59; (3) Amér. Sep. Partie du
Mexique; (4) Amér. Sep. Partie des
États-Unis No. 55; (5) Amér.
Sep. Parties des États-Unis et du Nouveau Mexique.
No. 48. [Bruxelles], 1825. First printing.
Rarely found in the complete set. Martin & Martin, p.
32. Wheat, TMW 378 & p. 94. ($2,000-4,000)
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68. [MAP]. HAMILTON ADAMS & CO. Mexico.
London, 1827. ($100-200)
69. [MAP]. YOUNG, J[ames] H[amilton]. Mexico and Guatimala. [Philadelphia, 1827]. ($200-400)
70. [MAP]. STÜLPNAGEL, L. von. Mexico und Centro-America. Gotha, 1828. ($100-200)
71. [LAND CERTIFICATE WITH MAP]. GALVESTON BAY & TEXAS LAND COMPANY. Ornately engraved land certificate for one sitio of land. New York, October 16, 1830. Untitled map (southeast Texas with company lands indicated by shading). First edition. This engraved edition not in Streeter. ($1,000-2,000)
71A. [LAND CERTIFICATE WITH MAP]. GALVESTON BAY & TEXAS LAND COMPANY. Ornately lithographed land certificate for one labor of land. New York, October 16, 1830. Untitled map (southeast Texas with company lands indicated by shading). First edition. Streeter 1117 (see Item 71 for an unrecorded edition). Lithographed (by E. S. Mesier), whereas Item 71 appears to be engraved. ($1,000-2,000)
72. [MAP]. HINTON, SIMPKIN & MARSHALL (publishers). Map of the United States of America, and Nova Scotia. London, 1832. ($50-100)
73. [MAP]. BURR, David H. Texas. New York: J. H.
Colton, 1833. With an original manuscript portolan chart of
Matagorda and Lavaca Bays. First state of one of the most
important and handsome maps of Texas ever printed. Martin &
Martin 30. Streeter, p. 329 (designating the Burr map as one of
the six most important maps for a Texas collection) & 1134
(locating only the Yale copy). ($150,000-250,000)
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74. HOLLEY, Mary Austin. Texas. Observations in a Series of Letters. Baltimore, 1833. With Map of the State of Coahuila and Texas, W. Hooker Sculpt. First edition. Streeter 1135: "The first book in English entirely on Texas. One of the Texas classics." Vandale 87. ($7,500-15,000)
75. [MAP]. ARROWSMITH, J[ohn]. Mexico. London, 1834. Wheat, TMW 459 (citing the 1842 issue). ($800-1,600)
76. B[AIRD], R[obert]. View of the Valley of the Mississippi, or the Emigrant's and Traveller's Guide to the West. Philadelphia, 1834. Second and best edition. ($500-1,000)
77. [MAP]. [DUFOUR, Auguste-Henri?]. États-Unis de L'Amerique du Nord. [Paris, 1834?]. ($30-60)
78. [BOOK]. [FISKE, M. (attrib.)]. A Visit to Texas.
New York, 1834. With folding engraved map by W. Hooker:
Map of the State of Coahuila and Texas. First
edition. Vandale 187. ($3,000-6,000)
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79. [MAP]. TANNER, H. S. Mexico & Guatemala. Philadelphia, 1834. ($250-500)
80. [ATLAS]. BRADFORD, T. G. A Comprehensive
Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial.
Boston & New York, 1835. First edition of the first
printed atlas to contain a separate map of Texas, first issue of
the Bradford atlas to contain the map of Texas. Martin &
Martin 31. ($7,500-15,000)
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81. [MAP]. [BRADFORD, T. G.]. Mexico, Guatemala, and the West Indies. [Boston & New York, 1835]. ($75-150)
82. [MAP]. [BRADFORD, T. G.]. Texas. [Boston
& New York, 1835]. First issue of the first separate map
of Texas to appear in an atlas, with early issue points.
($1,200-2,400)
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83.* [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. FEATHERSTONHAUGH, G. W. Geological Report of an Examination Made in 1834. Washington, 1835. First edition. ($200-400)
84. [BROADSIDE]. [GALVESTON BAY & TEXAS LAND
COMPANY]. Large folio broadside with hand-colored Map of the
Colonization Grants in Texas. [New York, 1835]. First
issue. Streeter 1164 (locating only one copy). Same map used
in the Woodman Guide. ($20,000-40,000)
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85. [BOOK]. WOODMAN, David. Guide to Texas
Emigrants. Boston, 1835. Copper-engraved plate The
Buffalo Hunt, folding engraved map of Texas. First
edition. Fifty Texas Rarities 12. Streeter 1177. Rare
Texas emigrant guide. ($6,000-12,000)
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86. [MAP]. [BRADFORD, T. G.]. United States. [Boston, 1836]. ($150-300)
87. [BOOK]. EDWARD, David. The History of Texas; or,
the Emigrant's, Farmer's, and Politician's Guide.
Cincinnati, 1836. First edition. Basic Texas Books
53. Streeter 1199. ($2,000-4,000)
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88. [MAP]. FINDLAY, Alex[ande]r. United States. London, [1836]. ($50-100)
89. HOLLEY, Mary Austin. Texas. Lexington, 1836.
Folding map of Texas. First edition. Streeter 1207. The
San Jacinto reports, plus the first book printing of the Texas
Declaration of Independence and other key documents of the
revolution. ($6,000-12,000)
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90. [MANUSCRIPT LEDGER WITH MAPS: HOUSTON & HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS]. KENNEDY, John. Manuscript ledger containing financial and real estate dealings (including maps, deeds, contracts, notarizations, filing notes, etc.). Written or filed mostly in Houston and Harris County, Texas, December 5, 1836, to June 11, 1892. ($2,000-4,000)
91. [MAP]. TANNER, H. S. North America. Philadelphia, 1836. Wheat, TMW 422. ($300-600)
92. [MAP]. YOUNG, J. H. A New Map of Texas with the
Contiguous American and Mexican States. Philadelphia:
Augustus Mitchell, 1836. Second issue. Engraved map in original
full color. Streeter 1178A. Among the earliest and most
important of the maps following Stephen F. Austin's map.
($12,000-18,000)
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93. [MAP]. ANONYMOUS. Map of Colorado City.
[Philadelphia, 1838?]. Lithographed map by Peter S. Duval.
Unrecorded by Streeter or any other bibliographers. This map,
apparently the only copy to survive, was created when Colorado
City was being boosted as the new capital of Texas.
($20,000-40,000)
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94. [ATLAS TITLE & LEAVES]. BRADFORD, T. G. Engraved hand-colored pictorial title and text leaves for An Illustrated Atlas. Boston, [1838]. ($100-200)
95. [MAP]. BRADFORD, T. G. North America. [Boston], 1838. Wheat, TMW 431. ($150-300)
96. [MAP]. BRADFORD, T. G. Texas. [Boston],
1838. First large format issue of Bradford's map of
Texas. ($1,500-3,000)
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97. [MAP]. BRADFORD, T. G. Texas. [Boston], 1838. Intermediate version from the same plate as Item 96 above. ($1,500-3,000)
98. [MAP]. BRADFORD, T. G. Texas. [Boston], 1838. Another version of Item 96, with the plate altered to show the features that reflect advancing developments in Texas. ($1,500-3,000)
99. [MAP]. BRADFORD, T. G. Texas. [Boston], 1838. The large-format Bradford Texas map is the same as Item 98 preceding, with different coloring. ($1,500-3,000)
100. [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. UNITED STATES. WAR
DEPARTMENT. Obstructions in Sabine River. Letter from the
Secretary of War. [Washington]: HRD365, 1838. First
edition. Streeter 1337. ($150-300)
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101. [MAP]. GELLATLY, J. (engraver). United States. Edinburgh, [1838?]. ($75-150)
102. [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. MEXICO (Republic).
LEGACIÓN (United States). Gorostiza Pamphlet.
Washington: HRED190, 1838. First edition in English.
Streeter 1220C. ($300-600)
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103. [BOOK]. NEWELL, C[hester]. History of the
Revolution in Texas. New York, 1838. First edition.
Basic Texas Books 151A. Streeter 1318. ($1,500-3,000)
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104. [BOOK]. NILES, J. M. & L. T. Pease. History of South America and Mexico. Hartford, 1838. Streeter 1285. ($250-500)
105. [MAP]. BURGESS, Daniel. Map of the United States and Texas. [Hartford or Philadelphia?], 1839. ($250-500)
106. [MAP]. MITCHELL, S. Augustus. No. 3. Map of North America. [Hartford or Philadelphia?], 1839. ($100-200)
107. [MAP]. MITCHELL, S. Augustus. Map of the United
States and Texas. [Hartford or Philadelphia?], 1839.
($250-500)
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108. [MAP]. ANONYMOUS. América
Setentrional. N.p., n.d. [1840s?]. ($50-100)
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109. [MAP]. ARCHER, Joshua. Mexico & Texas. London, [1840s?]. ($200-400)
110. [MAP]. BARBIÉ DU BOCAGE, J[ean]-G[uillaume]. Carta dell'America Settentrionale. Torino, [1840]. ($100-200)
111. [MAP]. BRUÉ, A. H. Carte Generale des
États-Unis Mexicains de la République du
Texas. Paris, 1840. See Item 60 above for an earlier
incarnation of this map. ($200-400)
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112. [MAP]. DUFOUR, Auguste-Henri. Mexique. [Paris]: Mangeon, [ca. 1840]. ($100-200)
113. [MAP]. HALL, S[idney]. Mexico. [London, 1840]. ($150-300)
114. [MAP]. HALL, S[idney]. North America. Edinburgh, [1840 or 1841]. ($100-200)
115. [BOOK]. LAWRENCE, A. B. (attrib.) Texas in
1840, or the Emigrant's Guide. New York, 1840. First
edition. Basic Texas Books 120. Streeter 1361.
($1,500-3,000)
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116. [MAP]. LEVASSEUR, Victor. Amérique Septentrionale. Paris, [ca. 1845]. ($200-400)
117. [MAP]. OLNEY, [J.]. Map of the United States to Illustrate Olney's School Geography. [Hartford], 1828 [i.e., 1839 or later]. ($100-200)
118. [BOOK]. STIFF, Edward. The Texan Emigrant.
Cincinnati, 1840. First edition. Basic Texas Books
199. Streeter 1367. Vandale 168. ($2,000-3,500)
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119. [MAP]. WYLD, James. Map of North America Exhibiting the Recent Discoveries. London, 1840. Wheat, TMW 473. ($600-1,200)
120. [MAP]. CHEFFINS, C. F. Map of the Republic of
Texas and the Adjacent Territories. [London, 1841]. This map
appeared in William Kennedy's Texas (see Basic Texas
Books [117] and Streeter [1385]). ($400-800)
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121. [MAP]. CRUCHLEY, G. F. America. London, 1841. ($100-200)
121A. [MAP]. IKIN, A[rthur]. Map of Texas.
[London, 1841]. This charming British map of the Republic of
Texas appeared in Arthur Ikin's book, Texas. (London,
1840) (see Fifty Texas Rarities [23], Streeter [1384],
& Vandale). ($3,000-6,000)
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122. [MAP]. LAPIE, A. E. & P. Carte des États-Unis d'Amérique, du Canada. Paris, 1841. ($300-600)
123. [BOOK]. [LONG, George (editor)]. The Geography of America and the West Indies. London, 1841. First edition. ($250-500)
124. [MAP]. BOYNTON, G. W. (engraver). Mexico, Texas, Guatimala & West Indies. N.p., [ca. 1842]. ($100-200)
125. [MAP]. DUVOTENAY, Th. États-Unis. Paris, 1842. ($50-100)
126. [PORTRAIT & CITY VIEW]. EDWARDS, W. J. (engraver). City of Houston in Texas, Samuel Houston. [London, ca. 1842-1843]. ($100-200)
127. [MAP]. FINDLAY, Alexander. Mexico &
Guatemala. London, 1842. ($100-200)
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128. [MAP]. FLEMMING, C[arl]. Texas. Glogau,
[1842-1846?]. ($1,000-2,000)
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129. [BOOK]. [FOLSOM, George]. Mexico in 1842. New York, 1842. First edition. Streeter 1413. ($2,000-4,000)
130. [ATLAS]. GREENLEAF, Jeremiah. A New Universal
Atlas. Brattleboro, 1842. Second edition, revised and
enlarged. One of the more difficult Texas Republic maps to
obtain. ($3,000-6,000)
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131. [MAP]. LIZARS, W. Mexico & Guatimala, With the Republic of Texas. Edinburgh, [1842]. ($350-700)
132. [MAP]. LIZARS, W. United States & Texas. With All the Railways & Canals. Edinburgh, [ca. 1842]. ($350-700)
133. [MAP]. LORRAIN, N. Amérique Septentrionale. [Paris, 1842-45?]. ($50-100)
134. [BOOK]. MAILLARD, N. Doran. The History of the
Republic of Texas. London, 1842. Folding lithographic map of
Texas. First edition. Basic Texas Books 134.
Streeter 1422. ($4,000-8,000)
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135. [MAP]. SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. Central America II. Including Texas, California and the Northern States of Mexico. London, 1842. Wheat, TMW 460: II, p. 180. ($200-400)
136. [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT
OF STATE. Message from the President [John Tyler].
Washington: S199, 1842. First complete edition. Streeter
1432 & 1432A. Martin & Martin, p. 36n.
($1,200-2,400)
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137. CABET, [Étienne]. Almanach Icarien.
Paris, [1843-1852]. Rare French periodical with a map of
Texas and documentation on ill-fated utopian French colony in
Texas. ($3,000-6,000)
View Illustration
138. [MAP]. COPLEY, C. (engraver). Map of the United States, and Texas. New York, [1843]. ($250-500)
139. [BOOK]. McCULLOCH, J. R. McCulloch's Universal Gazetteer. New York, 1843-44. ($400-800)
140. [POCKET MAP]. MUNSON, Sam[ue]l B. A
New Map of the Western Rivers Exhibiting the Mississippi,
Missouri, Ohio, and Illinois Rivers. [Cincinnati], 1843.
($1,000-2,000)
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141.* [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. NICOLLET, I. N. [i.e., Joseph Nicolas]. Report Intended to Illustrate a Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River. Washington, 1843. First edition. Wheat, TMW II, p. 180. ($300-600)
142. [MAP]. SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. North America. London, 1843. ($100-200)
143. [MAP]. EMORY, W. H. Map of Texas and the
Countries Adjacent. Washington, 1844. Lithographic map (one
of two large-scale issues). First edition. Martin &
Martin 33: "First map to show correctly the final extent of the
boundaries set by the Texas Congress on December 29, 1836."
Streeter 1543. Wheat, TMW 478. ($5,000-10,000)
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Illustration
144. [MAP]. EMORY, W. H. Map of Texas and the
Country Adjacent. Washington, 1844. Lithographed map.
First edition (the slightly smaller format issue). Martin
& Martin 33. Streeter 1543B. ($4,000-8,000)
View Illustration
145.* [BOOK]. GREGG, Josiah. Commerce of the Prairies. New York, 1844. First edition, first issue, with two maps and without the glossary and index. Streeter 1502. Wheat, TMW 482 & I, p. 186. ($1,000-3,000)
146. [MAP]. GREGG, Josiah. A Map of the Indian Territory. [New York, 1844]. ($300-600)
147. [MAP]. HALL, S[idney]. North America. London, [1844]. ($50-100)
148. [MAP]. JOHNSTON, A. K. United States and
Texas. Edinburgh & Glasgow, [1844]. ($300-600)
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Illustration
149. LAWRENCE, A. B. (attrib.).A History of Texas, or the Emigrant's Guide to the New Republic. New York, 1844. First edition, third issue. Basic Texas Books 120B. Streeter 1361B. ($750-1,500)
150. [GLOBE]. LORING, Josiah. Terrestrial globe. Boston, 1844. On this handsome globe Texas is outlined dramatically as a separate Republic. ($6,000-12,000)
151.* [STOCK CERTIFICATE: MERCER COLONY]. TEXAS ASSOCIATION. Ornate lithographed stock certificate. Louisville, 1844. ($750-1,000)
152. [MAP]. [MORSE, Sidney E.]. Texas. [New
York, 1844]. ($100-200)
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153. [MAP]. MORSE, Sidney E. & Samuel Breese.
Texas. New York, 1844. Verso: Map of the Californias,
by T. J. Farnham (1845). ($500-1,000)
View Illustration
154. [MAP]. OLNEY, Jesse. Map of North America. [Hartford], 1844. ($50-100)
155. [MAP]. OLNEY, Jesse. Map of the South Western and part of the Western State. [Hartford], 1844. ($50-100)
156. [MAP]. OLNEY, Jesse. Map of the United States, Canada, Texas & Part of Mexico. [Hartford], 1844. ($50-100)
157. [MAP]. [BRADFORD, T. G.]. United States. N.p., ca. 1845. ($100-200)
158. [BOOK]. GREEN, Thomas Jefferson. Journal of the Texian Expedition against Mier. New York, 1845. First edition. Basic Texas Books 80. ($400-800)
159. [BOOK]. GREGG, Josiah. Commerce of the
Prairies. New York, 1845. "Second edition." Streeter, p. 328
(citing the book as one of the most important for a Texas
collection) & 1502C. Wheat, TMW 482 & I:186.
($600-1,200)
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160. [MAP]. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. Map of North America. London, 1845. ($50-100)
161. [COLONIZATION CONTRACT WITH MAP: MERCER COLONY].
MERCER, Charles Fenton. The Contract of Colonization, of
Charles F. Mercer. [New Orleans, 1845]. With Map of the
Mercer Colony in Texas. First printing, with one of
the earliest detailed maps of Northeast Texas, naming and
locating Dallas. Streeter 1594. ($30,000-60,000)
View Illustration
161A. [PROMOTIONAL BROADSIDE & AUTOGRAPH LETTER: MERCER COLONY]. MERCER, Charles Fenton. Lot of 4 items: (1) Autograph letter signed, to John Y. Mason, October 25, 1845; (2) Texas Colonization. Printed promotional broadside. [New Orleans, 1845]. First printing. Streeter 1598; (3) Newspaper clipping of Mason's letter to the editor of the Alexandria Gazette, September 1, 1845; (4) Plain folded envelope addressed to Mason. ($2,000-4,000)
162. [MAP]. NEW YORK HERALD. Map of Texas and the
Disputed Territory in The New York Herald, September
1, 1845. ($200-400)
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163. [BOOK]. PUTNAM, George Palmer. American Facts. London, 1845. ($200-400)
164. [BOOK]. WILKES, George & Peter H. Burnett.
The History of Oregon, Geographical and Political. New
York, 1845. First edition. Streeter Sale 3143. Wheat,
TMW 501. ($1,500-3,000)
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165. [MAP]. WILLIAMS, C. S. Map of Texas from the Most Recent Authorities. Philadelphia, 1845. ($500-1,000)
166. [MAP]. BURR, David H. The State of Texas,
1836-1845. New York, 1846. Pocket map. First state.
Earliest issue of the Burr map to show Texas as a state. Martin
& Martin 30. Streeter, p. 329 & 1134 (locating only the
Yale copy ($60,000-90,000)
View Illustration
167. [MAP]. EATON, J. H. Sketch of the Battle Ground
at Palo Alto Texas. [Washington], 1846. ($100-200)
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Illustration
168. [MAP]. EATON, J. H. Sketch of the Battle Ground at Resaca de la Palma Texas May 9th 1846. [Washington, 1846]. ($100-200)
169. [MAP]. [HAVEN, John]. Map of the United States
and Mexico including Oregon, Texas, and the Californias.
N.p, [1846]. Wheat, TMW 513 & p. 40.
($750-1,500)
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170. [BOOK]. KENDALL, George W. Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition. New York, 1846. Second American edition. Basic Texas Books 116D. Martin & Martin, p. 131 & plate 34. Streeter 1515n & p. 329. Wheat, TMW 483. ($300-600)
171. [MAP]. MITCHELL, S. Augustus. Map of the State of Texas. Philadelphia, 1846. ($150-300)
172. Needs work [MAP]. MITCHELL, S. Augustus. Mexico
& Guatemala. Philadelphia, 1846. ($100-200)
View Illustration
173. [WALL MAP]. MITCHELL, S. Augustus. Mitchell's Reference & Distance Map of the United States by J. H. Young. Philadelphia, 1846. Large engraved wall map with inset map of Texas, Oregon, and California. Rare and grand. ($8,000-16,000)
174. [POCKET MAP]. MITCHELL, S. Augustus. A New Map
of Texas, Oregon and California. Philadelphia, 1846. With
lithographic pocket map. First printing. Martin & Martin 36:
"One of the first widely distributed maps showing Texas as a
state in the U.S." Wheat, TMW 520, p. 35.
($8,000-16,000)
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175. [POCKET MAP]. MITCHELL, S. Augustus & J. H. YOUNG. Mitchell's National Map of the American Republic or United States of North America. Philadelphia, 1846. ($750-1,500)
176. [BOOK]. [PAGE, F. B.]. Prairiedom. New York, 1846. Second edition. Streeter 1604. ($400-800)
177. [MAP]. RADEFELD, C. C. F. Texas nach den besten
Quellen. Hildburghausen, 1846. First German edition of the
Emory map. Streeter 1543n. ($600-1,200)
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178. [BOOK]. [SAGE, Rufus B.]. Scenes in the Rocky
Mountains. Philadelphia, 1846. Folding lithographed map.
First edition, second issue. Fifty Texas Rarities 30.
Littell 904: "Rare in any condition.one of the rarest maps of
the western country." Plains & Rockies IV:123:1.
Wheat, TMW 527: "Most copies lack the map."
($2,000-4,000)
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179. [BOOK]. SKILLMAN, W. D. (compiler). The Western Metropolis; or St. Louis. St. Louis, 1846. ($150-300)
180. SOLMS-BRAUNFELS, Carl. Texas. Frankfurt,
1846. 2 folding engraved maps of Texas. First edition.
One of the scarcest of the German books on Texas, written by the
leading German colonizer of Texas. Basic Texas Books 190.
($4,500-9,000)
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181. [MAP]. WYLD, James. Map of the United
States. [London], 1846. ($1,500-3,000)
View Illustration
182. [POCKET MAP]. DISTURNELL, John. Mapa de los
Estados Unidos de Méjico, según lo organizado del
Congreso de dicha República. New York, 1847. Very
rare. The important Treaty of Guadalupe Map, by which the
boundary was set between Mexico and the United States following
the Mexican-American War. Martin & Martin 38. Wheat, TMW
540. ($35,000-45,000)
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183. [MAP]. DISTURNELL, J., J. Goldsborough Bruff &
Mariano Arista. A Correct Map of the Seat of War in Mexico.
Being a Copy of Genl. Arista's Map. New York,
1847. Lithographed map. First edition of the second most
important printed map of the Mexican-American War (the most
important being the "Treaty Map" above. ($2,500-5,000)
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Illustration
184. [BROADSIDE WITH MAP]. ENSIGN & THAYER. Seat
of War & Battles. New York, 1847. Double folio
hand-colored ornate pictorial engraved broadside with map and
illustrations. See Wheat, Gold Rush 36 (illustrated).
($1,500-3,000)
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185. [BOOK]. [LUNDY, Benjamin]. The Life, Travels and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy. Philadelphia, 1847. First edition. Streeter 1169n. ($600-1,200)
186. [POCKET MAP]. MITCHELL, S. Augustus. Map of
Mexico. Philadelphia, 1847. The second version of the series
of popular maps that Mitchell began to publish at the outbreak
of the Mexican-American War. Wheat, TMW 548.
($4,000-8,000)
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187. [WALL MAP]. PHELPS, ENSIGN & THAYER. Map of
the United States from the Latest Authorities. New York,
1847. ($300-600)
View Illustration
188. [MAP]. LOWRY, Wilson J. United States General Map. London, 1848. ($100-200)
189. [BOOK]. MONETTE, John W. History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi. New York, 1848. Second edition. See Martin & Martin 31. ($300-600)
190. [MAP]. OLNEY, Jesse. Map of Texas to Illustrate Olney's School Geography. N.p. [1848]. ($60-125)
191. [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT
(James K. Polk). Message of the President of the United
States to the Two Houses of Congress. Washington: (HED 1),
1848. [With} Correspondence Between the Secretary of War and
Generals Scott and Taylor. Washington: HED 56, 1848. Wheat,
TMW 561 (Gilman map), III, p. 50 & 52n.
($1,000-2,000)
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191A. GILMAN. [Map of the United States showing boundaries after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848]. ($400-800)
192. [MANUSCRIPT SURVEY]. WALLER, Henry & William G. Waller. Original of Survey of "Apple" or Fairchild's Island above Natchez, Miss. N.p. [New Orleans?], 1848. ($500-1,000)
193. [MAP]. WYLD, James. The United States & the Relative Position of the Oregon & Texas. London, [1848]. Wheat, TMW 574 & p. 51. ($150-300)
194. [ATLAS]. MORSE, Sidney E. System of Geography for the Use of Schools. New York, 1849. ($250-500)
195. ROEMER, Ferdinand von. Texas. Mit besonderer
Rücksicht auf deutsche Auswanderung. Bonn, 1849.
Folding map of Texas. First edition. Basic Texas
Books 179: "One of the first scientific investigations of
Texas. ($7,500-15,000)
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196. [MAP]. WILLIAMS, W. Map of the Southern and South-Western States. Pennsylvania, 1849. ($100-200)
197. [BOOK]. [ALCARAZ, Ramón]. The Other Side. New York, 1850. ($300-600)
198. [POCKET MAP]. ATWOOD, J. M. Phelps's National Map of the United States. New York, 1850. ($400-800)
199. [MAP]. DOWER, J. California, Mexico, and Guatimala &c. London, [1850]. (100-200)
200. [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. HUGHES, George W. Report
of the Secretary of War. Washington: SED32, 1850. First
edition. ($750-1,500)
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201. [BOOK]. HUGHES, John T. Doniphan's Expedition. Cincinnati, 1850. Second edition, third issue. Fifty Texas Rarities 32n. ($150-300)
202. [MAP]. RADEFELD, Carl C. F. Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-America und Mexico. N.p. [Hildburghausen], 1850. ($50-100)
203. [MAP]. RAPKIN, J. United States. [London, Edinburgh, & Dublin, 1850]. This map appeared in two versions. This is the earlier issue. ($150-300)
204. [PRINT: CITY VIEW]. SCHWARZ, Louis. View of New
Orleans from the Lower Cotton Press,ca. 1850.
($2,000-4,000)
View Illustration
205. [MAP]. THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO. Map of Texas from the Most Recent Authorities. Philadelphia, 1850. ($250-500)
206.* [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. UNITED STATES. WAR DEPARTMENT. Reports of the Secretary of War, with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso. Washington: Senate Exec. Doc. 64, 1850. First edition. Basic Texas Books 111. Wheat, TMW 641. ($500-1,000)
207. [MAP]. WISLIZENUS, A. WISLIZENUS, A. Karte über eine Reise von Independence nach Santa Fé, Chihuahua, Monterey, und Matamoros. [1850]. Plus 2 others. 3 maps and profiles from the 1850 German edition of Wislizenus' report. Wheat, MTW 701, p. 10. ($150-300)
208. [MAP]. WYLD, James. The United States & the Relative Position of the Oregon & Texas. London, [1850]. Wheat, TMW 702 & p. 147. ($150-300)
209. [MAP]. YOUNG, J. H. Map of the State of Texas
from the Latest Authorities. Philadelphia, 1850.
($300-600)
View Illustration
210. [MAP]. CASE, TIFFANY & CO. Map of the
United States. N.p., 1851. ($400-800)
View Illustration
210A. [MAP]. FLEMMING, C[arl]. Mexico, Mittel America, Texas. Glogau, [ca. 1851]. ($150-300)
211. [MAP]. GUNNISON, J. W. Mexican Boundary B.
Extract from the Treaty Map of Disturnell of 1847.
Philadelphia, 1851. Wheat, TMW 718 & p. 227.
($100-200)
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212. [MAP]. RAPKIN, J. United States. [London, Edinburgh, & Dublin, 1851]. ($150-300)
213. [MAP]. DOWER, J. California, Mexico, and Central America. London, [1852]. ($100-200)
214. [POCKET MAP]. EPPINGER J. & F. C. BAKER.
Map of Texas Compiled from Surveys Recorded in the General
Land Office. N.p., 1852. Rare pocket map. ($20,000-40,000)
View Illustration
215. [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. GRAHAM, James D. Report of the Secretary of War on the subject of the boundary line between the United States and Mexico. Washington: SED121, 1852. First edition. Basic Texas Books 57n. Martin & Martin 40. Wheat, TMW 717-18 & pp. 225-27; III:227. ($300-600)
216. [MAP]. GRÄSSL, J. Vereinigte Staaten von
Nord-America. N.p., 1852. ($200-400)
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217. [MAP]. UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY. Sketch I
Showing the Progress of the Survey in Section No. 9 1848-1852.
N.p., 1852. ($50-100)
View Illustration
218. [MAP]. YOUNG, J. H. Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities. Philadelphia, 1850. ($150-300)
219. [MAP]. BAKER, S. F. Texas. New York, 1853. ($60-120)
220. [MAP]. BARTLETT, John R. 3 maps from
Report...on the subject of the boundary line between the
United States and Mexico. (Washington: SED41, 1853).
(1) No.1 Disturnel's [sic] Map, Exhibiting the Error
in the Rio Grandes [sic] Position. (2) No. 2 Map
Exhibiting the Southern Boundary of New Mexico. Wheat,
TMW 772. (3) No. 5 That Part of Disturnell's Treaty
Map in the Vicinity of the Rio Grande and Southern Boundary of
New Mexico 1851. All Baltimore, 1853. Wheat, TMW 771,
772 & p. 237. 720. ($150-300)
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221. [MANUSCRIPT SURVEY]. COLLINSWORTH, James. [MATAGORDA COUNTY. (Van Dorn Survey)]. ($500-1,000)
222. [MAP]. RADEFELD, C. Geognostiche Karte der
Nord-Americanischen Freistaaten. Hildburghausen, 1853.
($150-300)
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223. [MAP]. SOCIETY FOR DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. North America Sheet XV Utah, New Mexico, Texas, California, &c. London, 1853. ($200-400)
224. [BOOK]. BALDWIN, Thomas & J. Thomas. A New
and Complete Gazetteer of the United States. Philadelphia,
1854. ($600-1200)
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225. [BOOK]. CONSIDERANT, Victor. Au Texas. Paris, 1854. First edition. Basic Texas Books 33. ($2,000-4,000)
226. [MAP]. HALL, S. Mexico, California, & Texas. Edinburgh, [1854]. ($150-300)
227. [MAP]. MARCY, Randolph B. Map of the Country Between the Frontiers of Arkansas and New Mexico. New York, [1854], [and] Map of the Country Upon Upper Red-River Explored in 1852. New York, [1854]. Wheat, TMW 791-92 & pp. 15-16. ($250-500)
228. [MAP]. SWANSTON, G. H. United States North
America. Edinburgh, [1854-60]. ($500-1,000)
View Illustration
229. [MAP]. UNITED STATES. COAST SURVEY. Sketch I Showing the Progress of the Survey in Section No. 9 1848 to 54. New York, 1854. ($50-100)
230. [MANUSCRIPT SURVEY]. COLLINSWORTH, James B. (Surveyor). [MATAGORDA COUNTY (J. C. Perry Grant)]. Original autograph document signed by Jos. B. Collinsworth, District of Matagorda, April 16, 1855, for a survey plat and field notes for land in Matagorda County. ($600-1,200)
231. [MAP]. COLTON, J. H. New Map of the State of
Texas. New York, 1855. ($150-300)
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232. [BOOK]. [LESTER, C. E.]. The Life of Sam Houston. New York, 1855. First edition. Basic Texas Books 126A. ($100-200)
233. [MAP]. [SAVAGE, Charles C.]. Texas. [New York, 1855]. ($100-200)
234. [PACIFIC RAILROAD SURVEY]. UNITED STATES.
Reports of Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad.
Washington, 1855-60. First edition. Wheat, TMW
IV:822-4, 843-6, 852-3, 864-7, 874-5, 877-882, 936 (23
entries in all). ($6,000-12,000)
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235. [MAP]. UNITED STATES. WAR DEPARTMENT. PACIFIC RAILROAD EXPLORATION & SURVEY. Geological Map of the Route Explored from the Red River to the Rio Grande. Philadelphia, 1854. From the Pacific RR Survey, Vol. 2. ($100-200)
236. [BOOK]. [DANA, C. W.]. The Garden of the World. Boston, 1856. First edition. ($100-200)
237. GRAY, A. B. Southern Pacific Railroad. Survey
of a Route. Cincinnati, 1856. Maps and lithographic plates
of scenes along the route by Texas artist Schuchard. Plains
& Rockies IV:275. An exceptionally rare and incredible
association copy, with about 20 additional reports.
($20,000-40,000)
View Illustration
238. [MAP]. HANDTKE, F. Vereinigte Staate[n
von Nord Amerika]. [Glogau, ca. 1856]. ($100-200)
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Illustration
239.* [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. COOLIDGE, Richard H. Statistical Report on the Sickness and Mortality in the Army of the United States. Washington: SED96, 1856. First edition. ($100-200)
240. [BOOK]. YOAKUM, H. History of Texas from its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation. New York, 1856. Basic Texas Books 224A. Vandale 200. ($250-500)
241. [MAP]. YOUNG, J. H. Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities. Philadelphia, 1856. ($250-500)
242. [MAP]. YOUNG, J. H. Map of the State of Texas
from the Latest Authorities. Philadelphia, 1856.
($250-500)
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243. [MAP]. EMORY, W. H. Map of the United States
and their Territories. Washington, 1857-8. Martin &
Martin, Plate 44. Wheat, TMW 822* & 916.
($150-300)
View Illustration
244. [MAP]. HALL, James & J. P. Lesley. Map
Illustrating the General Geological Features of the country West
of the Mississippi River. New York, 1857. Wheat, TMW
922. ($250-500)
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245. [BOOK]. OLMSTED, Frederick L. A Journey through Texas. New York, 1857. First edition. Basic Texas Books 157. ($250-500)
246. [MAP]. ROGERS, H[enry] D[arwin] & A. K[eith] Johnston. State of Texas. London & Edinburgh, 1857. ($250-500)
247. [MAP]. UNITED STATES. ARMY. BUREAU OF
TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS. Map of Texas and Part of New
Mexico. New York, 1857. Lithographed map. Phillips,
Maps, p. 845. ($6,000-12,000)
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248. BLAU, F. G. Scrapbook. 1858-1907. Approximately
425 items, mostly German material but includes about 50 British
and American pieces, with 11 of them for Texas, including a
manuscript plat map of north central Kimble County, business
cards, photographs, and much more. ($3,000-6,000)
View Illustration
249. [MAP]. DE CORDOVA, J. J. De Cordova's Map of
Texas by Robert Creuzbaur. New York: Colton, 1858. Large
engraved map in original color. Revised edition of a rare Texas
map, "possibly the finest of the period" (Eberstadt 162:241),
first issued in 1849. Fifty Texas Rarities 36n. Martin
& Martin 39n. Wheat, TMW 603n. ($75,000-150,000)
View Illustration
250. [BOOK]. DOMENECH, E. Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico. London, 1858. First English edition. ($250-500)
251. [ATLAS]. GARCÍA CUBAS, Antonio. Atlas
Geográfico e Histórico de la República
Mexicana. Mexico, 1858. First edition of an important
nineteenth-century atlas by the father of scientific geography
in Mexico. ($5,000-10,000)
View Illustration
252. [MAP]. PETERMANN, A. Karte der Quellgebiete der Flüsse Witchita, Brazos, Colorado. [and] Karte des Nordwestlichsten Theils Nord-Amerika. Goth, 1859. ($100-200)Auction 10, Item 252
253. [MAP]. WYLD, James. Civilized America. London, [1859]. ($250-500)
254. [MAP]. COLTON, J. H. Texas. New York, 1860.
($150-300)
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255. [MAP]. DUFOUR, A. H. Mexique Antilles et Californie. Paris, 1860. ($50-100)
256. [MANUSCRIPT SURVEY]. HAYFORD, L. (surveyor). Manuscript map. ($500-1,000)
257. [GLOBE]. LORING, Josiah. Terrestrial globe. Boston, 1860. One of the best-preserved globes of the era that we have seen. ($5,000-10,000)
258. [MAP]. MITCHELL, S. Augustus. County Map of Texas. [Philadelphia], 1860. ($150-300)
259. [POCKET MAP]. COLTON, J. H. Colton's New Map of
the State of Texas Compiled from J. De Cordova's Large Map.
New York, 1861. ($1,500-$2,500)
View Illustration
260. [MAP]. COLTON, J. H. Colton's United States Shewing the Military Stations Forts &c for the "Rebellion Record." New York, 1862. ($300-500)
261.* [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. GRAHAM, J. D. Messages from the Governors of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Chicago, 1862. Second edition. ($150-300)
262. [POCKET MAP]. COLTON, J. H. Railroad and County Map of the Southern United States Containing the Latest Information. New York, 1864. ($400-800)
263. [PAINTING]. KLEIST, Rudolph. Camp of Varners
Battallion at Algiers La. [1864]. Original watercolor and
sepia ink painting of the Union camp at Algiers, Louisiana,
signed at lower right (R. Kleist d.). Under glass,
original carved wooden frame. ($6,000-12,000)
View Illustration
263A. [MAP]. ANONYMOUS. Plan of the City of Austin
on a Scale of 300 Feet to an Inch. [Austin, ca. 1865].
($3,000-6,000)
View Illustration
264. [MAP]. JOHNSON, A. J. Johnson's Texas. New York, 1866. ($150-300)
265. [MAP]. WILLIAMS, W. Map of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. Philadelphia, 1867. ($150-300)
266. [MAP]. TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. Map of Stephens County. Texas. [N.p., 1870s]. ($400-800)
267. [MAP]. YEAGER. Physical Map of the United States. N.p., [1870]. ($50-100)
268. [BOOK]. KANSAS CENTRAL RAILWAY. Statement of
the Condition and Resources of the Kansas Central Railway
(Narrow Gauge). Leavenworth, 1871. First edition.
($500-1,000)
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269. [MAP]. STÜLPNAGEL, J. Verein-Staaten von Nord-America. Gotha, 1871. ($150-300)
270. [MAP]. FERROCARRIL INTERNACIONAL DE TEXAS. Carta General de la República indicando las lineas del proyectado Ferrocarril Internacional de México. Mexico, 1872. ($50-100)
271. [BOOK]. WHEELER, George M. Preliminary Report Concerning Explorations and Surveys in Nevada and Arizona. Washington, 1872. ($150-300)
272. [MAP]. GRAY, O. W. Gray's Atlas Map of
Texas. N.p., [1873]. ($150-250)
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273. [SAN ANTONIO]. KOCH, Augustus. Birds Eye View
of the City of San Antonio. Madison, 1873. The second
lithographic view of San Antonio. Reps 3996.
($10,000-20,000)
View Illustration
274. [MAP]. PETERMANN, A. Erforschung von Nordwest-Texas [and] Orientirungskarte. Gotha, 1873. ($50-100)
275. [POCKET MAP]. ROSS, E. H. Ross New Connected
County & Railroad Map of Texas and Indian Territory. St.
Louis, 1873. Lithographed map showing Texas counties and railway
lines. Very rare. ($6,000-12,000)
View Illustration
276. [MAP]. WILLIAMS, J. David. Map of Texas.
Boston & Chicago, [1873]. ($75-150)
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277. [BOOK]. MORPHIS, J. M. History of Texas. New York, 1874. First edition. ($400-800)
278. [MAP]. SWEET, George H. Texas Journal of Commerce's Railroad Map of Texas. Washington, 1874/1880. ($250-500)
279. [MAP]. GRAY, Frank A. Gray's Historical Maps of the United States. Philadelphia, 1875. ($100-200)
280. [MAP]. GRAY, Frank. Gray's New Map of Texas and
the Indian Territory. 1875. ($150-300)
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281. [MAP]. MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY. Map showing the Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway, and Principal Connections. Chicago, 1875. ($60-120)
282. [POCKET MAP]. COLTON. Texas. 1875. Pocket map. ($750-1,500)
283. [MAP]. GRAY, Frank A. Gray's New Map of Texas and Indian Territory. Philadelphia, 1876. ($200-400)
284. [MAP]. TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. A
Geographically Correct Map of the State of Texas. St. Louis,
1876. ($400-800)
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285. [SURVEY MAP]. PILIE, Edgar (Surveyor).
Certified to be a True and Correct Copy of Part of a Plan
Drawn by Louis H. Pilie March 30, 1875. New Orleans, 1877.
Certified and signed copy of exceptionally large-scale
manuscript map showing the western portion of New Orleans and
the eastern portion of Jefferson Parish. ($4,000-6,000)
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Illustration
286. [BOOK]. ROCK, James & W. I. Smith. Southern and Western Texas Guide for 1878. St. Louis, 1878. ($200-400)
287. [POCKET MAP]. ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN &
SOUTHERN RAILWAY. A Geographically Correct County Map of
States Traversed by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
Railway. St. Louis, [1878]. ($750-1,500)
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288. [BOOK]. THRALL, Homer S. A Pictorial History of Texas. St. Louis, 1879. Second edition. ($150-300)
289. [MAP]. GALVESTON, HARRISBURG & SAN ANTONIO RAILWAY. Map of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway. ca. 1880. ($400-800)
290. [MAP]. JOHNSTON, Keith. United States of North America (Western States). Edinburgh & London, 1880. ($150-300)
291. [MAP]. UNITED STATES. COMMITTEE ON RAILWAYS AND CANALS. Map Showing the Route of the Corpus Christi, San Diego, & Rio Grande Railroad and its Connections. Washington, HR756, 1880. ($50-100)
292. [ATLAS]. UNITED STATES. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION. Preliminary Map of the Lower Mississippi River. St. Louis, 1881-1885. First edition. ($2,000-4,000)
293. [MAP]. UNITED STATES. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
NICHOLSON, W. L. (cartographer). Post Route Map of the State
of Texas with Adjacent Parts. [Washington], 1881.
($1,000-3,000)
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294. [MAP]. UNITED STATES. COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. Tracing of Red River Taken from Map of the United States. [Washington], 1882. ($30-60)
295. [MAP]. MEXICAN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED. Mexico. Mapa de las lineas del Ferrocarril Central. Buffalo, [1884]. ($50-100)
296. [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. SENATE. Report to
Accompany a Bill to Provide for the Improvement of the Channel
Between Galveston and the Gulf of Mexico. [Washington],
1884. ($40-80)
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297. [BIRD'S-EYE VIEW]. NORRIS, WELLGE & CO. (publisher). Denison, Texas. Grayson County. 1886. Milwaukee, 1885. Apparently the earliest lithographic bird's-eye view of Denison, Texas. Reps (Views 3960) locates two copies. ($4,000-8,000)
298. [ATLAS]. SANBORN MAP & PUBLISHING CO.
Dallas. April, 1885. Atlas of double-page fire insurance
maps of the city of Dallas in incredible detail, drawn to scale.
($7,500-15,000)
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299. [MAP]. [MITCHELL, S. A.]. County Map of the State of Texas. [Philadelphia], 1887. ($100-200)
300. [POCKET MAP]. RAND, MCNALLY & CO. Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Enlarged Scale Railroad and County Map of Texas. Chicago., 1887. Martin & Martin 49n. ($1,250-2,500)
301. [MAP]. TUNISON, H. C. Tunison's Texas and
Indian Territory. N.p., [1887]. ($150-300)
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302. [MAP]. CHILTON, F. B. Latest Map of Texas Published by the Immigration Bureau of the State of Texas. Chicago, 1888. ($750-1,500)
303. [MAP]. MURPHY, J. P. & Charles F. Bolanz. Official Map of the City of Dallas and East Dallas, Texas, 1887. Dallas, June, 1888. ($500-1,000)
304. [MAP]. MURPHY & BOLANZ-REAL ESTATE AND COLLECTING AGENTS. Untitled map of northeast Texas on engraved, illustrated letterhead of the firm of Murphy & Bolanz. ($100-$200)
305. [MAP]. RAND, McNALLY & CO. [Texas]. Chicago, 1888. ($200-400)
306. [MAP]. ANONYMOUS. Texas. N.p., [1889].
Lithographed map. Verso with lithographed scenes of Wisconsin
residences and industries. ($60-100)
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307. [MAP]. WANGERSHEIM, W. Texas. Chicago, 1889. ($100-300)
308. [BIRD'S-EYE VIEW]. ANONYMOUS. Bird's-eye view of
San Antonio. ca. 1890. Reps 3998. ($5,000-10,000)
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309. [ARCHIVE]. LINDSLEY, J. W. (Company). Business and
legal archive relating to the development of downtown Dallas,
1880s-1930s. Many maps relating to the development of downtown
Dallas. ($4,000-8,000)
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310. [BOOK]. TEXAS (State). DUMBLE, E. T. (State Geologist). First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas, 1889. Austin, 1890. First edition, augmented issue. ($200-400)
311. [MAP]. TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. Eight annual reports each with map of the Texas & Pacific System. New York, 1892-99. ($100-200)
312. [MAP]. ANONYMOUS. Dallas Texas. N.p., [1891]. ($40-80)
313. [BIRD'S-EYE VIEW]. FOWLER. Wolfe City,
Texas: 1891. ($3,000-6,000)
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314. [MAP]. OWEN, Thomas. Map of Deep Water and
Surrounding Country. Houston, n.d. [ca. 1891-93].
($50-100)
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315. [BOOK]. TEXAS (State). GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TEXAS. DUMBLE, E. T. (State Geologist). Second Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas, 1890. Austin, 1891. First edition. ($150-300)
316. [MAP]. UNITED STATES. ARMY. BUREAU OF
TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS. Map of Texas and Part of New Mexico.
1857. New York, ca. 1891. ($250-500)
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317. [MAP]. TEXAS. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Map of Hardin County. St. Louis, 1895. ($400-600)
318. [MAP]. SCOTT, Samuel. Map of the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming with a Full Description of Mineral Resources, etc. Custer City, 1897 ($400-800)
319. [MAP]. RAND, McNALLY & CO. Rand, McNally & Cos. New Business Atlas Map of Texas. [Chicago, New York], 1898. ($50-100)
319A. [MAP]. HILL, Robert T. Map of Texas and Parts of Adjoining Territories 1899. Washington, 1900. Martin & Martin 50. ($300-600)
320. [MAP]. HILL, Robert T. Drainage of Black and Grand Prairies. [Washington], 1900. ($50-100)
321. [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. UNITED STATES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Twenty-first Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey 1899-1900. Part VII-Texas. Washington, 1901. ($100-200)
322. [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. BAKER, Marcus. The Northwest Boundary with Texas. Washington, 1902. First edition. ($150-300)
322A. [MAP]. CLARK, J. H. et al. Map of the United States and Texas Boundary Line and Adjacent Territory Determined & Surveyed in 1857-8-9-60. Washington, 1902. ($100-200)
323. [MAP]. CROWELL PUBLISHING CO. "Texas," pp. 125-26 from The Twentieth Century Peerless Atlas Pictorial Gazetteer of All Lands. Springfield, 1902. ($40-80)
324. [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. GANNETT, Henry. A Gazetteer of Texas. Washington, 1902. ($300-600)
325. [MAP]. RAND, McNALLY & CO. Rand, McNally & Cos. Texas. [Chicago, New York], 1903. ($50-100)
326. [POCKET MAP]. BROWNSVILLE BOARD OF TRADE. Map of Texas. Des Moines, 1904. ($50-100)
327. [MAP]. UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OF SOILS. Soil Map. Texas. Austin Sheet. New York, 1904. ($40-80)
328. [MAP]. UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OF SOILS. Soil Map. Texas. San Antonio Sheet. New York, 1904. ($40-80)
329. [MAP]. ABBOTT, T. S. Carta General del Estado de Coahuila de Zaragoza. New York, 1905. ($750-1,500)
330.[MAP]. TEXAS (State). RAILROAD COMMISSION. Railroad and County Map of Texas. 1905. ($400-800)
331. [POCKET MAP]. RAND MCNALLY & CO.
Rand-McNally Vest Pocket Map of Indians and Oklahloma
Territories. 1906. ($60-120)
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332. [POCKET MAP]. LLOYD BROTHERS LAND COMPANY. County Map of Texas and the Great Panhandle Country. Chicago, 1908. First edition. ($400-800)
333. [MAP]. EHLINGER, L. State Land for Sale on Mustang Island. Austin, 1910. ($500-$1,000)
334. [POCKET MAP]. RAND McNALLY & CO. Indexed
County and Railroad Pocket Map and Shipper's Guide of Texas.
Chicago, 1911. ($1,500-2,500)
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335. [ATLAS]. RICHARDSON, G. B. Geologic Atlas.Van Horn Folio Texas. Washington, 1914. ($40-80)
336. [MAP]. TAYLOR, H. C. Map and Guide to the Roads of Harris County with Logs of Roads from Houston to. Houston, 1916. First edition. ($100-300)
337. [POCKET MAP]. WALZ, W. G. Map of Mexico. Chicago, [1916]. ($150-300)
338. [BOOK]. SHULER, Ellis W. The Geology of Dallas County. Austin, 1918. ($30-60)
339. [BOOK]. SELLARDS, E. H. The Geology and Mineral Resources of Bexar County. Austin, 1919. ($30-60)
340. [BOOK]. SELLARDS, E. H., B. C. Tharp, & R. T. Hill. Investigations on the Red River Made in Connection with the Oklahoma-Texas Boundary Suit. 6 folding topographical maps in separate portfolio. Austin, 1923. ($60-120)
341. [POCKET MAP]. BLUM'S COMMERCIAL MAP PUB. CO. Blum's Commercial Travelers' Map of Texas. New York, 1924. ($100-200)
342. [POCKET MAP]. RAND McNALLY PUBLISHING CO. Rand
McNally Standard Map of Texas. N.p., [1925-1935].
($150-300)
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343. [MAP ARCHIVE]. KLEBERG FAMILY. Large collection of
maps relating to Kleberg family interests. 1928 & after.
($2,500-5000)
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344. [BOOK]. CARTER, W. T. The Soils of Texas. [College Station], 1931. ($50-100)
345. [MAP]. DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS. Official Centennial Map of Texas. Daughters of the Republic of Texas. N.p., n.d. (copyright 1934). ($150-300)
346. [MAP]. KANIEN, Famita. The Villa and Presidio
of San Antonio de Bexar. N.p., 1935. ($20-40)
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347. WALL, Bernhardt. Following General Sam Houston
1793-1863. Lime Rock, [1935]. 64 etchings, including etched
maps of Texas. First edition, limited edition, the "San
Jacinto" edition. ($2,000-4,000)
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348. [MAP]. OIL & GAS JOURNAL. The Oil & Gas
Journal's Oil Map of Texas. 1938. ($500-1,000)
View Illustration
349. [MAPS]. HOUSTON, A. J. Military Maps of the Texas Revolution to Accompany "Texas Independence" [Set of 10 maps]. N.p., [1938]. ($100-300)
350. UNITED STATES. POST OFFICE. POSTMASTER GENERAL. (James A. Farley). Post Route Map of Texas. N.p., 1938. ($100-300)
351. ANONYMOUS. Texas. Table cloth with map of Texas in red, blue, yellow & green. ($30-60)
352. [MAP]. BRAZOS COUNTY ABSTRACT COMPANY. Brazos County Abstract Company's Map of Brazos County Texas. Bryan, n.d. ($30-60)
353. [MAP]. UNITED STATES. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. San Antonio O-5 Sectional Aeronautical Chart. Washington, 1944. ($50-100)
354. [MAP]. DALLAS. CITY PLAN COMMISSION. Zoning Map City of Dallas. Dallas, 1947. ($30-60)
355. [MAP]. STORM, Mark. Official Texas Brags Map of North America. Texas, 1948. ($100-200)
356. [MAP]. U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. Dallas (Q-5) Sectional Aeronautical Chart. Washington, 1951. ($50-100)
357. [MAP]. HEYDRICK MAPPING COMPANY. Heydrick's Map of Archer Co., Texas. Wichita Falls, 1952. ($100-300)
358. [MAP]. [LEA, Tom. The King Ranch]. Map
of Coastal Area between the Rio Grande and the Nueces Showing
Early Spanish and Mexican Land Grants. ($75-100)
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359. [CITY VIEW]. RILEY[?], Denny. Untitled perspective
view of downtown Dallas Streets and skyline. N.p., 1958.
($500-1,000)
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360. [MAPS]. Lot of 10 maps, mostly of Texas, from 1847
to 1896, including three by George Cram. ($50-100)
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361. [BOOKS]. Lot of 4 books, including: BANCROFT, H. H. History of the Northern Mexican States and Texas. San Francisco, 1886 & 1889. ($200-400)
362. [PORTRAITS]. Lot of 2 portraits, including engraved portrait of Sam Houston by J. C. Buttre [ca. 1860]; and engraved portrait of George Mifflin Dallas by D. J. Pound [1850], matted with Dallas's cut signature. ($150-300)
363. [PRINTS & VIEWS]. Lot of 10 prints and views, including views of Houston and Galveston by Theodore R. Davis (1866); engraved print by Harry Fenn showing 7 images of San Antonio (1887); engraved illustrations of Fort Brown, Fort Lancaster, and the Alamo (1861); colored engraving by Hughson Hawley of "The New State Capitol, Austin, Texas" (1888); illustrations of Houston, Texan Troops, and Port of Galveston (1845); colored engraving of Dallas State Fairgrounds with racetrack and exhibit hall [ca. 1887]; engraved illustration of Military Plaza-San Antonio Texas by Arthur Schott [Washington, 1857]. ($150-300)
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